Orange Rank Second in CHA Standings

Conference Release

The SU hockey team has been picked to finish second in conference play by the coaches of College Hockey America, as announced by the conference office on Thursday. The Orange garnered 19 votes in the preseason poll, just one vote ahead of Robert Morris and six behind Mercyhurst, the 2013-14 favorite.

Syracuse finished second in the 2012-13 regular season CHA standings and lost in the conference finals to Mercyhurst, the number one ranked team in the conference and

The Orange had a program-high 13-6-1 conference record last season, just the second time the team has recorded a winning CHA season since the program's inception in 2008. The 2012-13 season was also the first time the Orange were above .500 both in conference and overall.

The 2013-14 season opens next Friday, Sept. 27 when the Orange take on the University of Guelph in a pre-season exhibition game at Tennity Ice Pavilion at 7 p.m. The regular season opens at Northeastern on Friday, October 4th in Matthews Arena.

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